About PassportLayout.online
PassportLayout.online is a free web tool that creates print-ready passport photo layouts directly in your browser. No registration, no uploads, no cost. Your photos are processed entirely on your device using the HTML5 Canvas API — nothing is ever sent to a server.
Why We Built This
Getting passport photos should be simple. Yet most people either pay a premium at a photo shop for what amounts to a basic crop-and-print job, or they wrestle with image editors trying to get the dimensions right. Many online tools claim to be free but watermark the output or require you to upload your photo to their servers — a privacy concern when the image is literally your face.
We built PassportLayout.online to solve this in the most straightforward way possible: a single-purpose tool that does one thing well, runs entirely in your browser, and costs nothing.
How It Works
The tool guides you through four steps:
- Upload — Select a photo from your device. It loads directly into the browser's memory and is never transmitted anywhere.
- Adjust — Position three guide lines on your photo: red for the top of your head, blue for the bottom of your chin, and green for the vertical centre of your face. The tool uses these to calculate a crop where your face fills exactly 75% of the frame height — the proportion specified by international biometric passport photo standards (ICAO Doc 9303).
- Options — Choose your passport photo size (35×45mm, 2×2", and more), your paper size (A4, Letter, 4×6", etc.), orientation, and how many copies you need. The tool calculates the optimal grid layout automatically.
- Print — Generate the final layout at 300 DPI and either print directly from your browser or download it as a PNG file.
Supported Formats
Passport Photo Sizes
| Size | Used In |
|---|---|
| 35 × 45 mm | UK, EU, Australia, most international |
| 51 × 51 mm (2 × 2") | United States |
| 35 × 35 mm | Some Asian countries |
| 40 × 60 mm | India |
| 25 × 35 mm | Smaller format documents |
| Custom | Any width × height in millimetres |
Paper Sizes
| Paper | Dimensions |
|---|---|
| A4 | 210 × 297 mm |
| A5 | 148 × 210 mm |
| US Letter | 216 × 279 mm |
| 4×6" / 10×15 cm | 102 × 152 mm |
| 5×7" / 13×18 cm | 127 × 178 mm |
| Custom | Any width × height in millimetres |
Technology
PassportLayout.online is a single-file HTML application — no frameworks, no build step, no server-side processing. The entire tool is delivered as one HTML file containing all CSS and JavaScript. This keeps things fast, simple, and auditable: you can view the complete source code in your browser's developer tools at any time.
Privacy
Privacy isn't a feature we bolted on — it's the foundation of how the tool works. Because all processing uses the browser's Canvas API, your photos physically cannot leave your device. There's no upload button, no API endpoint, no cloud storage. Read our full privacy policy for details.
Support the Project
PassportLayout.online is free and will stay free. If the tool saved you a trip to the photo shop, you can buy us a coffee on Ko-fi. It's entirely optional but always appreciated.